Married At First Sight - Season 1 - General Discussion - **Spoilers**

mom22boys wrote:I can't believe I am just now finding this site!!
I have been watching Married at First Sight from Day 1 and began my sleuthing there. And I can tell you 100% that at least two of the couples are still together.
If you go back on Jamie's twitter she thanked a fan for being a "Great secret keeper". Well, I went to that persons twitter account (who was private) and sent a request. She accepted and had posted (and deleted the next day) that she was so excited to see that her favorite "reality" couple are still together and saw them at the Atlantic City Boardwalk. She also tweeted "I"m a great secret keeper!" And then TWEETED that to Jamie and Jamie replied with "Yes you are". I wish I had a way to copy the screenshots I took on my phone but it DID happen and it was the first week of August!
Also, Jason and Cortney were in NC together over the 4th (as many of you have stated already.) One of her IG friends posted pictures of them and another couple posing and wearing red, white and blue hats.
My last bit of proof is a tad more personal and there is no way to deny this. My sister in law works with Jamie and as of earlier this week, Doug's picture is in Jamie's locker. BAM!

dw_a_mom wrote:I haven't been able to watch yesterday's episode yet, but even despite Jamie's clear flaws, I root for her.  I haven't seen anything from her that cannot be overcome, and that includes last week's statements that really were inappropriate (NEVER call someone immature; you may, however, when appropriate, say you feel that certain actions were immature.  Basically, she tried to disparage Doug's innate character in that argument, not just his actions, and that is not a fair way to fight.  Still, how was she to know that it isn't a fair way to fight?  She had no role models).

It also seems obvious to me (although I wouldn't know if anything last night changed it) that Doug is falling head over heals for Jamie, which means it doesn't matter at all what any of us think of her; I want it to work out for Doug's sake.

Love hearing that our favorite couples are probably still together.  Best of luck to them!

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Lovedaddio wrote:

You could say the same thing about Jamie. It's all about her and what she wants, (although she won't admit it). No one is unsympathetic to her difficult upbringing, but if you have issues rooted that deep and for that long, then you really don't need to be in a relationship. If she has trust issues, then she doesn't need to be in a relationship. Why say you forgive someone then constantly bring it up time and time again? Ok Doug lied about smoking, she was hurt by that, he apologized, she accepted it, now both parties MUST move on. If she's incapable of doing that then she doesn't need to be in a relationship. I guess the point I'm trying to make is.....FIX YOURSELF FIRST.  

Well, if everyone who has "issues" and needs to work on themselves avoided relationships, there'd be many fewer relationships.  Dysfunction is all around.

I'm on the apparently very short "give Jamie a break" train.  There really is no time table for how quickly somebody falls in love, and despite this show stipulating 5 weeks, Jamie is being honest with both herself and Doug in that she isn't there yet, and doesn't know if she will be there within the allotted time frame.  I'm sure she hoped she would be when she signed on to this, and of course technically, she can continue to stay married even if she's still not in love but is at least optimistic that it will/could happen.  I think she's doing her best, and if it wasn't good enough for Doug, or if he didn't feel she was worth it, he would have emotionally checked out long ago.  Although they're married, the dynamic is no different than a dating situation where one party is more invested, or moves quicker emotionally, than the other, sometimes because of baggage, and sometimes for other reasons.  I do wonder if Jamie had been physically into Doug from the get go and the couple had started having sex by now whether it would have changed things for her.  Although I suppose if she had gone ahead and started sleeping with him even though she wasn't in love with him, and then ended it, she would have gotten criticized for that as well.

I guess I just can't hate on the girl for not falling in love with Doug fast enough to suit the fans.

I don't think you need to not have relationship, but to go onto tv and agree to marry someone you have never met when you have so many issues?  That is a different story.  You can grow in develop in a normal relationship, in this you are in a condensed somewhat stressful timeline that amplifies things that in normal life might not be that big of an idea.  

But then again, would most normal functional people volunteer to do something this crazy?

May I also point out that Jamie taped the bachelor in 2011 and this show in 2014, from the comments here, it sounds like she hasn't moved forward from the emotional drama of her childhood a lot in that time.  I would hope that someone as beautiful and smart as Jaime, but obviously with issues would have sought some help.  I could be wrong, but it seems she has not.  

mom22boys wrote:

Yay! Thanks for the spoilers mom22boys! I know we've all felt that our 2 favorite couples were still together, but the evidence for Doug and Jamie that you gave make my day! Always love a good super sleuth!